Precision, Perfection, Symmetry and Intensity... Japanese Whisky

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The whiskies are presented cleanly along with cool spring water which doesn't fight against the deeply warming spirits, served neat in a crystal glass. These spirits are illuminating and bold, possessing notes of white flowers, crushed stones, salt lick and touches of peat and smoke.

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Remember when Ardbeg Distillery sent a vial of unmatured malt whisky into space? Well the space Scotch has returned! And it has allegedly been changed by its time in microgravity.
The BBC reports that taste tests have detected “major differences” between Earth-bound whisky and the vial that flew in the International Space Station for some three years, where it matured along with the same charred oak that was aging with whisky on Earth.

The whisky world was shocked on Tuesday, when it was announced that the 2015 edition of Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible had named Suntory’s Yamazaki Single Malt Sherry Cask 2013 the best whisky in the world — the first time the honor has gone to a whisky from Japan.

The whisky world was shocked on Tuesday, when it was announced that the 2015 edition of Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible had named Suntory’s Yamazaki Single Malt Sherry Cask 2013 the best whisky in the world — the first time the honor has gone to a whisky from Japan.

NEW DELHI: The idea was neat, so to speak. A young man from Switzerland was suffering from a tummy bug in Mumbai when an Indian friend told him how to deal with it.The world's largest whisky bar has to thank the friend for the remedy he suggested.

Ever wondered why you can't lay your hands on a really rare whisky in India? Liquor companies say they find it difficult to bring in their luxury portfolio into the country because the bottles have to be sent to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) for sampling. "If there are only 20 bottles produced in the world, we can't afford to send one to the lab for testing," said the marketing head of one of the largest whisky producers in the world. For instance, the current demand for premium Japanese and bourbon whisky poses a dilemma for both manufacturers and importers.